The nations largest gas can manufacturer has closed its doors due to frivolous lawsuits at a time when Hurricane Sandy victims urgently need the containers.

The company's closure has resulted in a shortage of gas cans for purchase or use in the disaster areas of the northeast, and in the US as a whole.

The company, Blitz U.S.A., is a 50-year-old American business that has closed its doors and laid off all 117 employees. Blitz U.S.A. provided 75% of all gas canisters to the US, a feat which industry insiders say is only possible when a company does everything right.

A swarm of lawsuits hit the company since last March, mostly due to injuries from individuals pouring gas directly onto a lit fire. All but two were thrown out of court for frivolity. Unfortunately, the successful outcomes for the company in the courts did not stop insurance rates from increasing to fiscally unbearable rates.

The companys closure and the resulting lack of gas canisters could not come at a worse time for victims of Hurricane Sandy in the American Northeast.

This country is going insane Anyone who lifts a finger to get something done will be attacked and vilifie by the welfarists

Yep. All one has to do is STOP helping them and wait for the real fun to start.

I do NOTHING to help the Obamanuts. Not in my personal life, not in my professional life.

In my personal life it's easy: I just refuse to have anything to do with them. I don't talk to them, I don't acknowledge their existence, nothing.

At work, I may have to interact with them, but I make them jump through every bureaucratic hoop, dot every i, cross every t before I help them with anything. I make it as miseralbe as possible for them, then I make them feel as useless (as they are) as possible until I'm done with them.

They made the best Gas Containers until the Federal Government mandated those so called no spill things. Now you can’t get the gas to go where you want it to go while trying to get the nozzle to open up. Gas gets spilled all over, and takes 10 minutes to empty one container because they have no vent. On top of that the plastic nozzles crack break and fall apart leaving a container that you can’t possibly poor anything thing out of without half of it going all over.

Oh and the price for such luxury was a tripling in the price of the Gas container.

If you have any old ones then hang onto them. They are worth their weight in Gold.

I'd like to get my hands around their scrawny little necks along with the Tylenol killers who forced everything to be shrink-wrapped and sealed. Oh, and the inventor of those stiff plastic blister-packs that slice your flesh open when you try to remove the product inside.

Blitz U.S.A. provided 75% of all gas canisters to the US, a feat which industry insiders say is only possible when a company does everything right....

There was a period a few years ago when you couldn't find a gas can that didn't have an annoying yellow device on the end of the spout. I think it was supposed to reduce pollution from gas vapors but it didn't work right and just made the cans had to use.

All these cans were made by the same company and it was clear that rather than doing everything right, they may have had a hand in passing the law that required the spouts. I don;t remember for certain if this was Blitz, but if so, maybe it is better that they left the scene.

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Corinthians 4:3,4)

You can thank California for those self sealing, non vented gas can spouts. C.A.R.B. approved cans are the only ones available for sale now, This is why the excellent Sceptor USGI cans can not be sold in the US as well.

They made the best Gas Containers until the Federal Government mandated those so called no spill things. Now you cant get the gas to go where you want it to go while trying to get the nozzle to open up. Gas gets spilled all over, and takes 10 minutes to empty one container because they have no vent. On top of that the plastic nozzles crack break and fall apart leaving a container that you cant possibly poor anything thing out of without half of it going all over...

If you have any old ones then hang onto them. They are worth their weight in Gold.

This is one thing I saw coming and I bought up lots of them for my personal use. Have a lifetime supply.

Now aint that just ducky! Now, people will have to carry gasoline around in plastic water bottles, with the resulting fire and poisoning hazards as well as an increase in air pollution.

No, now the only gas cans available will be the ones made in China, where the manufacturers are effectively judgement-proof from frivolous lawsuits from the US. This is one major reason why so much manufacturing has gone overseas.

I would not be surprised if a Chinese gas-can manufacturer was behind these lawsuits.

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posted on 11/21/2012 10:58:49 AM PST
by PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)

I have no problem with that. The way it is now, the plaintiff’s lawyers have nothing to lose by suing anybody. If they can fool an uninformed and unqualified jury, they hit the jackpot. My company had a permanent legal staff just to defend suits which involved highly technical issues. Neither the judge or the jury was qualified to rule correctly.

Just one example...the users disconnected safety devices, then got hurt losing fingers or even a hand. The jury ignored the cause of accident, and only saw the poor operator as a victim with no hand.

We have 10 times the lawyers/person compared to Japan, and probably much more compared to China.

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posted on 11/21/2012 12:43:31 PM PST
by entropy12
(2-3 new SCOTUS appointments by Obama will ensure killing of unborn for next 30 years)

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